Elden Prioleau was 28 when he was found fatally shot in a North Charleston parking lot just after midnight on July 7, 2021. Officers responding to a call located him in a back corner of the lot at 3713 Dorchester Road; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The North Charleston Police Department opened a homicide investigation and described it as ongoing. Authorities did not release information about suspects, motive, or persons of interest, and no arrest has been announced in connection with his death.

Anyone with information about what happened that night or who was in the area of 3713 Dorchester Road after midnight on July 7, 2021 is asked to come forward.